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In case you didnt know, the drug classifications arent based on facts!
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The parliamentary science and technology select committee has published a report saying that the drug classification system is basically based on what the tabloids wanted and there is no risk assessment or evaluation of harm. Shock horror!
http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/story/0,,1833889,00.html
http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/story/0,,1833889,00.html
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i wonder what there reasons for using tabloids instead of the facts are..
it said that there was no scientific or medical or moral reason for continuing to keep cannabis illegal.what did the government do?
upped the penalties.
spoil sports
tax free and in cash.
the people bringing in millions of quids worth a year aint from some sink estate.
they live in very nice areas ...are mostly respectable on the outside ...
send their kids to good schools.
i think it benefits the economies of many nations to have such a black market where tax free cash is swimming around somehow.
The stock market crashes, bad. Like great depression 2 bad. The governments legalize drugs. The people all depressed about losing all their money will start using the drugs and unknowingly bring back the economy with the taxes.
That report will now be out of date, there is no denying that for some cannabis can be a dangerous drug. But that's all the more reason to have legal supply.
The tax issue is a very minor one actually, it is more about changing peoples attitudes to the Police (the current one I think is very socially damaging) and seperating normal people from the black market.
Sounds about right, thats about £22 for an eighth - going rate for good weed innit?
The cannabis itself isnt taxed, because its not strictly a legal trade as such (its a grey area) but I presume the cafe's have to pay business taxes.
i still think its a bit dear. does it go down a lot when buying in bulk then?
The beginning of the article is quoted below -
The most interesting bit is the ranking in terms of relevant harm - i'd be interested to know what the criteria used is, but you can find the ranking here and this is what they say about it -
Legal diamorphine taken at known doses is FAR FAR safer than solvents for example.
And the idea that cannabis is more dangerous than solvents is also bonkers
Heres how they rank them;
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmsctech/1031/103110.htm
both mention the risks. in the victorian one it reffered to those with 'feeble' minds being at risk but ...told the government that it was syphilis that was the cause of the mental breakdowns that had been happening which cleared the weed ...the government then turned a blind eye to the troops indulging as they were happy with the scientific truths ...that rea;ly do stand up to todays studies.
i personally feel that alcohol is more harmful than ecstasy; when i drink alcohol in excess i black out, lose control of my limbs and mouth, do and say things i dont mean, vomit and get the worst hangovers. on occasion i have woken up in an unfamiliar place- obviously it is all my fault for drinking so much but the effects of alcohol are extremely dangerous, short term or long term
and then there's ecstasy- when i take a few pills i feel happy, dance about a bit and hallucinate slightly- but at all times i know what im doing, and where i am-im in complete control. the only realy danger with E is getting dehydrated, so obviously i drink water.
i feel it's high time the government reviewed its ranking of drugs, but feel that it never will because of the social taboos surrounding ecstasy and other drugs.
opium has fuded many wars and it just so happens that we have invaded the main country for opium supply.
before we invaded the taliban had almost reduced the crop to zero but we soon put things right and got a bumper crop back on the market.
Except of course the risks of stroke, heart attack etc. Plus of course the risk of long term neuron damage.